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Silver Springs, Maryland, September 1956

Date of account
1956-09
Location
Silver Springs, Maryland
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 3 September 1956 Silver Springs, Maryland 口 Wos Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Probably Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possi bly Bolloon Locol XGround-Visuol Ground-Rodor 口 Was Aircroft 04/0130Z GMT. 口 Probobly Airerof! D AirVisuol 5.PHOTOS D Air-Intercept Rador 口 6.SOURCE OYes Was Astronomicol XO No 口 Probably Astronomicol Civilians D Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION probabiy 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Insufficient Doto for Evaluotion ten seconds Unknown one straight up 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round or oval white object, size of basketball at arm's length. Object Concur w/comments of preparing was sighted directly overhead & disap- cfficer.Sighting probably peared straight up. Object was observeld caused by a light reflection of visually for l0 secorb. dsome sort from the Washington, DC area.

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